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The maturity of open-source software tools and services has created a groundswell of Linux users in corporate Australia, a senior Gartner analyst said.
Sun Microsystems will release a free version of its Java application server, a move designed to encourage more developers to build programs on the software foundation.
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Sun Microsystems announced late yesterday that Allied Irish Bank would migrate 7,500 of its users to the Java Desktop System software.
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